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Wessex League Match 1

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General, Track & Field.

Team Kennet Juniors Athletics competed in the first round of fixtures in the Wessex Young Athletes Track and Field League at the weekend, at Andover.

In a close match the Yellow/Blue and White Vests narrowly missed out on a match win but secured 3 out of the 6 age group wins.

Match Score

Waverley AC 366

Team Kennet 354.4

Radley 320

Fleet 310

Andover 180

Poole AC 161.5

The Girls section made the best of the team starts, Under 13 Girls showed the depth with a convincing age group win, day started on the track with the 70m hurdles with Elodie Burdett coming 4^th A string 18.1, in the B string a great win from Ella Parsons in 16.4, next up was the 1500m this saw a great solo run from Penelope Lyth to win in 5.33.6 and team mate Elodie Burdett secured a B string win in 5.45.1, the 800m Affra Bailey came home in 4^th 2.49.4 and Alice Stratford secured 2^nd B string in 2.48.3, the Sprints fared well for the club, Matilda Clare came 2^nd in the 200m with 29.4 and Orlagh Stratford taking 3^rd in the B string 30.9, the 100m Isla Ladds clocked 14.2 for 4^th A and Sophia Mahoney took 3^rd place in the B string 15.4, The 4 x 100m Relay quartet of O. Straford, Clare, Lyth and Ladds ran a superb relay to come home in first place in 58.6, while in the Non Scoring 4 x 100m the quartet of A. Stratford, Millie Barlow, Ayla Wyvill and Mahoney won their race in 65 seconds.

On to the Field Isla Ladds showed her strength to win the Long Jump with a leap of 4.09 and Clare made it a double with a b win 3.97, the High Jump both girls cleared 1.10 Orlagh Stratford taking 2^nd A and Masie McCurtin winning the B string. The Throws always secure TK high points, this was so in the Shot as another double win came from Affra Bailey 5.59 and Ayla Wyvill 4.61, Clare won her Javelin with 20.47 and two good second places came from Isla Ladds 18.19 and Penelope Lyth 9.58 in the Discus.

The under 15 girls will be strong for the club this year, they also took a convincing win in their age group on the Field a Double win came in the High Jump with Jess McCurtin 1.30 and Ella Cronk 1.25, Cronk surprised herself by steeping in the Shot and secured a 2^nd place with 8.47 and in the Long Jump Isabel Payne lept 4.68 to finish 3^rd place and in the B string Emerald Hill Sawyer won this string in 4.45.

The Track picked up massive points, Harriet Saunders won her 1500m by just over 100m in 5.05.20, in the 800m a double win came from Olivia Bentley 2.31.4 and Jess McCurtin 2.40.7, the shorter sprint races first in the 300m Hill Sawyer clocked 47.9 for 3^rd place, and a good second came from McCurtin 48.4 in the B string, in the 200m Bentley came 3^rd A string 28.3 and Cronk 4^th B string 30.7, and in the 100m Payne was 3^rd A string 13.4 and Hill Sawyer taking 2^nd place in the B string 13.9

The 4 x 100m Relay team of Payne, Hill Sawyer, McCurtin and Bentley saw them finish in second place 56.4

The under 15 Boys are also very strong this year, and TK boys showed their strength in the Field events, In the Shot Berkay Altuntas won this event with a throw of 9.09 and new comer Oscar Hook took the B string with 9.07, Both boys teamed up for another double win in the Discus Altuntas 33.35 and Hook 27.00 and Noah Lauder-Clarke won the Javelin with a throw of 39.19 and Josh Ladds taking 2^nd B string 26.95. Josh Brian took part in the long jump finishing 2^nd

On the Track, new comer Matias Huelgas came 4^th in the 100m 12.9 and Brian won his string 13.6, the pair teamed up in the 200m with Huelgas 3^rd A string 26.6 and Brian taking 2^nd B string 28.8, Lauder Clarke secured another win in the 300m 43.3 with Ladds taking 2^nd B string 48.6, Harry Smith came 2^nd in his 1500m with 4.59.4 and the 4 x 100m relay quartet of Lauder-Clarke, Ladds, Brian and Hueglas ran a superb relay to be clipped right on the line and had to take 2^nd place 54.2

The under 17 mens age group saw only two boys turn up for the club Turkay Altuntas won his Shot with 11.68 throw and in the Discus threw 30.97 for 2^nd place, Theo Nightingale came 2^nd in his High Jump 1.70 and was 4^th in his Long Jump 5.35

The under 17 Girls were 3^rd in their age group, mostly specializing in their own events, a double win came in the High Jump with Leilah Gaye 1.40 and Amber Stiles 1.30, in the Shot Zoe Dickson was 2^nd A string 7.44 and Suki Humphreys winning the B string 6.72, The Discus saw the same results with Dickson throwing 23.17 and Humphreys 19.85, Dickson came 2^nd in her Javelin 15.48, Amelie Tayton came home in 2^nd place in the 800m 3.00.8

Finally the under 13 Boys saw only 3 boys turn out due to other sports over the weekend, Jenson Nichols made his mark by winning the 100m in 13.4 and also winning the Javelin with 33.63, Alfie Cronk had a good day in his throws coming 2^nd in the A string Discus 14.08 and winning the B string Shot 6.57, with Nichols taking 2^nd A string 7.83, Josh Bailey came a good 2^nd in the 1500m 5.38.3 and 4^th in his 200m 36.1.

Compton Relays

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General.

Senior XC runners took part in the Annual Compton relays last week. Good performances all round. TK1 consisting of Andy C, Colin T, Caroline P and Richard S had the 2nd fastest time overall. Special mention to Richard who had the second fastest leg time on the night.

Lee Valley Open

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General.

Team Kennet’s Ben East took part in the Lee Valley Open at the weekend, in the under 17 event The javelin Ben Threw a massive 73.04m to extend his own club record but to put him in 5^th overall in the under 17 all Comers list and topping the UK rankings so far this year, Bens training partner Liam Cawley also took part in the same event throwing just over 55m, Liam who picked up a Serious ankle injury in February had to have an operation on his foot, he turned around all odds to get back throwing this year and start his campaign to throw over 60 metres before the season finishes, Both Athletes are coached by Luke Angell and part of his Javelin Academy at Team Kennet

Basingstoke Open

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General, Track & Field.

Several Team Kennet athletes took part in the Mid Week Basingstoke Open on Wednesday.

In the under 13 age group Emerald Hill-Sawyer earned herself a personnel best alongside Amber Stiles in the 800m clocking 2.44.21 and 2.44.81 respectively. Emerald also claimed another P.B in the 100m first time she achieved under 15secs with a time of 14.94. Amber cleared 1.30 in the High Jump.

Eliska Simpson took part in the Shot throwing 7.47 and Discus 21.03.

Seb Simpson took part in the under 17 age group throwing the Shot 10.81 and Discus 32.75, in the older age groups Jonathon Simpson clocked 13.09 in the 100m in the M45 group. Charlotte Booker took part in the Discus as a Senior throwing 22.84 and Harry Booker threw 36.52 in the u20 Discus.

Quad Kids Wessex Match 3

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General.

Team Kennet Quad kids had another successful day in Basingstoke for Match 3 of the Wessex League finishing 2^nd place on the day.

Team Kennet 1547

Winchester 1700

Fleet 1400

Marlborough 1377

Basingstoke 1363

Abingdon 1118

Setafa/Havant 919

The U11 Boys went out first on the day with 8 taking part. In the long jump Flynn Sanderson leaped 3.30m scoring good points for the team. In the sprints, Connor O’Riordan was quickest clocking 12.30s closely followed by Sanderson with 12.5s and Samuel Atkins 12.6. In the vortex O’Riordan threw furthest with 24.38m, Joshua Kuijten just behind with 24.36m. It was another hot day but the boys ran well in the 600m but Atkins was quickest show clocking 2:01:01. Other boys taking part Brodie Sanderson, John Bailey, Leo Jenkins, and Miles Phoenix. On the day, the boys finished 3^rd place with 705 points.

First up for the girls was the long jump with Matilda Clare leaping the furthest with 3.73m followed by Penelope Lyth 3.66m. Next up the 75m sprints Clare sprinted to the finish line in 11.7s to clock one of the fastest Under 11 girls times on the day. Ella Larkin again led the way with the 600m clocking 1:55:7 to beat the current Team Kennet Club Record for U11. Finally in the Vortex Clare threw furthest with 25.40m, Larkin 24.72m and Alice Stratford 24.00m. Other girls taking part in the Squad of 10 Evie Kearney, Elodie Burdett, Orlagh Stratford, Ella McDonald, Gracie Cooke and newcomer Ella Parsons. The girls team finishing first on the day with 842 points with Tilly Clare 2^nd 230pts, Ella Larkin 3rd 225 pts and Penelope Lyth 212pts 5^th.After two matches the girl are currently top of the league out of 26 teams.

Basingstoke Destination Cross Country League M2

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Cross Country, General.

Team Kennet secured another huge amount of success in the second round of the Basingstoke Destination Cross Country League held at Basingstoke and hosted by Team Kennet, Four Individual wins and 3 team wins that saw over 60 athletes turned out for the club the Conditions under foot were superb over the undulating course.

First up was the under 9 girls looking to build on their last match results, another battle developed up front between Team Kennets Matilda Saunders and Praiya Foreman, it was the last hill that Saunders broke away to snatch the victory over team mate Foreman coming home in second, Third home was new comer Maddie Cooper in 9th place and with Matilda Hogg in 12th place the team secured another win, Evelyn Barker was next home in 18th and Evelyn Pedersen 23rd in a large field.

The under 9 Boys were next off on the same course, Chester Bailey and Gethin Thomas were well up in the field most the way round, Bailey came home in third place with Thomas 5th, a great run from Idris Gaye in 9th place and Seb Lauder-Clarke 15th secured second team on the day, Max Burt was 19th and Jacob Williams 20th

The under 11 Girls were also leading the way and wanted another team win, Ella Larkin made sure she was going to lead the field with a huge burst of pace which she maintained all the way round to come home in 1st place, The Battle behind was two TK girls who worked hard together all the way round to see a team kennet 1-2-3 Tilly Clare coming home in 2nd place and Penelope Lyth taking third and with Ella McDonald 7th, this secured the team win again, The B team was led by Maisie McCurtin 9th, Elodie Burdett 13th, Orlagh Stratford 14th, Isla Ladds 16th which was good enough for 2nd team on the day and the C Team was led by Alice Stratford 18th was good Sophia Mahoney 19th,Ella Parsons 32nd,Sophia Barnett 36th and the D Team Penelope Gorbold 44th, Matilda Pedersen 45th Gracie Cooke 46th and Grace Hogg 47th that saw 16 TK u11 girls take part, which was the biggest turn out ever by a junior age group in a cross country.

The under 11 Boys saw another two TK Boys up the front, deciding to let the front runner go Malik Gaye timed it well to take second place, Samuel Atkins held in well to finish 4th with Thomas Williams 13th and Toby Clay fast improving 21st the boys had to settle for 3rd team, the B team was led by JJ Mercer 25th Joshua Bailey 30th, Joshua Kuijten 31st and Miles Pheonix 43rd.

The under 13 Girls needed to get back in to winning ways as a team, they secured this with all 6 club runners coming home in top 12, Harriet Saunders this time slowly strided away to take another individual win, Anna Hall getting back to how she was pre-injury was next home in 5th and Emerald Hill-Sawyer 6th and Jessie McCurtin 7th saw the A team win, Ella Cronk was next home in 9th and Elena Wilkinson 12th made her debut of the cross country.

The under 13 Boys saw another huge club turnout of 15, Harry Smith led the way getting stronger as the race went on in 5th place, Oskar Larkin was next home in 9th place with Arthur Patterson 12th this secured a good 2nd place in the team. The B team was led by William Devall 14th, Liam Neil 16th, Ben Daley 17th, Noah Lauder-Clarke 19th which was 4th placed team, The C team Josh Ladds 21st, Josh Brain 23rd, Charlie Adams 26th Elliot Bell 27th, Harry Barnett 28th saw them home in 5th place team, the D team was led by Henry Bell 29th , Rueben Kuijten 34th and Ben Doherty 37th

The under 15 girls race again had Charlotte Bailey under pressure as all the girls won their races, she did not let that distract her by setting of at a hard pace to win by a margin of 150m, with Lola Mitcham 15th the girls would get a penalty score for the team,

in the under 15 Boys race last match winner Ethan Kuijten this time had to settle for runners up spot and another great run from Max Adams in 5th place, again saw another penalty score for both teams to finish in 3rd place.

Wessex League Match 1 – QUAD KIDS

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General, Track & Field.

Team Kennet Quadkids were back in action for the first league match of 2025 at Andover. In the Under 11 girls there was a team of 9 athletes. In the75m sprint, Praiya Foreman was quickest 11.60s, Hazel Balch 12.10s and Matilda Saunders 12.30s. In the long jump it was Ines Field who leaped furthest for Team Kennet with 3.29m, Saunders 3.23m and Foreman 3.14m. In the longer run event, 600m, Foreman clocked the fastest time 1:57:1, Saunders behind 2:08:4 and Marlie-Jai Proctor 2:10:4. Darcey Scaplehorn threw the furthest in the vortex 26.99m, close behind Saunders 26.19m, Field 22.25m. On the day, the girls team finished in 1^st place with Foreman taking 1^st place individually with 205 points, Saunders 2^nd 204 points and Field 3^rd 194 points. Also taking part Olivia Kwit, Darcy McCurtin and Isabella Chapman.

The Under 11 boys had 7 athletes taking part and it was Alexander Browning who was fastest in the 75m sprint clocking 11.40s, Harvey Baker 11.50s and Chester Bailey 11.90s. Baker leaped the furthest in the long jump 3.42m, Bailey 3.18m and Browning 3.12m. Bailey ran a quick 600m to finish with a time of 1:59 with Baker 2:07:0 and Lenny Wyvill 2:07:2. Baker threw 37.21m in the vortex, Wyvill 28.02m and Bailey 25.56m. Overall, the U11 boys also finished in 1^st place with Baker taking 2^nd place with 232points and Bailey 3^rd place 215 points individually. Also taking part Idris Gaye, Sebastian L Clarke and Jacob Williams.

Oxford League Match 2

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General.

Some excellent results at the Oxford Development League Match 2 held at Banbury yesterday.

In the Under 13 girls a double win for Isla Ladds in the discus with a throw of 20.27 and Shot 7.05, also picking up a win with Matilda, Affra and Ella in the 4×100 relay. Ella Larkin won the 800m in 2.29 and the 100m B string. Matilda Claire picked up some great points in the 100 m, 300 metres, and in the Javelin with 23.99. Elodie Burdett ran a great race in the 1500 metres, coming 2nd in 5.38, and Penelope Lyth in a time of 5.49. More points came from Ayla Wyvil, throwing 9.13 in Discus. Ella MacDonald in the 200m and in the javelin. 17.46. Affra Bailey did the high jump of 1.20 and a shot of 5.41. Quinn Joyce won the high jump B string with 1.15. Her long jump was 3.51.

U15 Girls. Harriet Saunders won the 1500 metres in 4.55. long jump of 3.61. and 300 m in 47.4. Emerald Hill Sawyer did 100m in 14.2 and 200 metres in 29.9. and took a great win in the long jump with 4.10. Olivia Bentley secured a B string win in the 100m in 14.1, She also took the A string win in 300m and 800 in 2.32. Some great wins out on the field, Ella Cronk’s Discus 12.64 and shot with 5.69. Her 800m was 2.51. Tanishi Banerjee took the discus win with 20.78. unfortunately had to withdraw thereafter, due to injury. The 4x100m Relay came 2nd.

With only one girl in the under 17 section, Zoe Dickson. won the discus outright with 22.74 and the shot put 7.74. The girls under 20 N/S. Alana Smith, threw 32.86 in Javelin.

In the boy’s section under 17. we had one athlete, William MacDonald in the javelin who threw 40.48 to secure the win. U20 N/S Joseph Hoean threw the discus at 25.78.

The under 15 boys did well. Oliver Hook taking the 1st place on the field with his discus of 29.07. 12 metres in front of 2nd place, and his shot win with a throw of 11.04.

Out on the track, the relay team took 2nd place with Harry, Josh, Frank and Oliver in a time of 54.2. Oliver Young took 2nd place in the 100m in 12.12. and did 200m 25.8. Also picking up good points in his long jump. Josh Brian did the 100 and the 200 as well as his long jump of 4.77. Harry Smith picked up some great points out on the track in the 300 and 800 metres. Frank Edwards also picked up some valuable points on the track. coming in 1st for the B string is 800 at 2.28. and in the 300 metres at 45.5.

The U13 boys, Jensen Nichols picked up a 2nd in the 100m at 13.6. His best was yet to come, and he claimed first place in the javelin at 33.47 and discus with 26.93. Alfie Cronk picked up a 1st place in the B string for discus and a 2nd place in shot with 6.13. Back on the track, saw Josh Bailey in the 1500m. in a time of 5.37. Sam Atkins in the 800 metres, 2.40. Both also competed on the field with Sam. taking 1st place at high jump with 1.40. and a 2nd place with 4.18. long jump. Josh won the B string javelin in 21.00 and had a long jump of 3.09.

Berkshire Track & Field Championships Bracknell

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General.

Team Kennet claimed 9 new COUNTY CHAMPIONS for this season in Berkshire, they were;

George Down was rewarded in the under 17s mens age group Long Jump with a massive personnel best of 6.48 and to break the club record, Eliska Simpson in the under 13 girls took two county titles, first in her Shot with a 7.32 and then last field event of the championships the Discus title with a throw of 21.43, in the same age group Zoe Dickson was crowned champion in the Javelin with a throw of 15.86 a personnel best.

William Mcdonald also threw a new personnel best in the under 13 Boys Javelin taking the title with a throw of 32.97, yet again in the Javelin this time in the under 15 girls Clare McGonnell won with a throw of 28.60.

Ben East in the under 20 mens age group also took the Javelin title with a huge throw of 62.10 and to cap this the clubs Javelin Coach Luke Angell made sure he kept up with his Javelin throwers by being crowned Senior Mens Champions with a throw of 54.42.

Harry Booker just missed his club record to win the under 20 mens Discus with a throw of 37.80.

There were also a clutch of Silver Medals won, Oliver Ford in the under 20 mens Discus throwing 36.61 just behind his team mate, in the Under 17 mens age group Seb Simpson threw 33.42 for a new personnel best to claim Silver, Amber Stiles equalled her best in the under 13 girls High Jump with a 1.30 for 2^nd place only on count back. Eve Brown took part in the under 17 womens Javelin to earn herself a Silver with 28.80, In the under 15 Boys Javelin James Fenner threw 37.60 for his Silver and yet again in the Javelin in the under 13 boys Noah Lauder-Clark threw 22.39 for 2^nd place. Zoe Dickson claimed Silver in her discus 17.33 a new p.b.

The Bronzes went to Josh Ladds again in the under 13 boys Javelin 16.39 to make a 1-2-3 for the 3 lads, Oliver Ford came 3^rd in the under 20 mens Shot 11.73 just 6cm short of the clubs record, Seb Simpson u17 came third in the Shot 9.87, Zoe Dickson made it a hattrick of medals in the Shot 5.43.

Harry Booker just missed out on a medal in the under 20 Shot coming 4^th place 10.93, Another 4^th came from Josh Ladds in the 75m hurdles he also came 7^th in the 75m final, Claire McGonnell came 2^nd in her u15 300m heat 44.83 for a new p.b. to later coming 4^th in the final 45.28, Ella Cronk came 5^th in the under 13 girls High Jump with a 1.10, Amber Stiles earned herself a p.b. in the u13 girls 600m 1.56.02for 6^th place and Ella Cronk 7^th with 1.59.54 also a p.b.Ella also did the Long Jump coming 6^th wit ha leap of 3.32.

George Down came 2^nd in his 200m heat in 23.6 to make the final but pulled out. In the under 13 boys 1500m Elliot Murphy came 7^th in 5.00.76 just missing that 5min barrier.

Ben East – U20 javelin thrower, Team Kennet, Coached by Luke Angell

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General.

Ben has had an amazing throwing season this year, following a difficult couple of years during the pandemic.

At the beginning of this season, Ben was throwing about 61m – not a bad achievement, number 2 in the UK. He continued to improve his distances with every competition and was selected to compete at the UK Senior Championships in Manchester in June 2022. Here, he had the competition of his life and finished 2^nd with a massive personal best throw of 73.49m – only 50cm behind the winner!

Ben then overcame two injuries to qualify for the U20 World Championships in Cali, Colombia, in August 2022 where he represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He had an amazing experience and learnt a lot – but unfortunately finished outside the top 12.

Ben has now been selected to represent England in the upcoming ETC Throws Fest in Northampton in September 2022 – the first time he’ll wear an England vest. It will be run in the same format as the World Championships as there will be qualifying the day before the actual competition. This is a new format to Ben, but he is hoping he will gain more experience ahead of future competitions.

Throughout these competitions, Luke Angell has been by his side, guiding and supporting Ben. He was unable to go to Cali but managed to speak regularly, despite the 6 hour time difference.

Ben is off to Loughborough University in September but hopes to continue his javelin training and competitions and to have Luke as his coach. Who knows what’s round the corner for him!

Ben has a new website: beneastjavelin.co.uk where he regularly posts Instagram updates of his training, performanceand achievements. There is also the possibility to sponsor him and watch some videos there.